The center brings together officials from several different state and federal agencies to coordinate emergency response to disasters. Ooten says the staff will still maintain 24-hour contact with emergency managers in the areas hardest hit by the storm.

The center was activated Tuesday when a winter storm pounded the state, dumping as much as two feet of snow in some parts of northeast Oklahoma.

Ooten says the number of requests for assistance has decreased, and warmer weather is on its way.